Buckle



(No Model.) l W. H. HART, JIA'.

BUCKLE.

Patented Apr. 21, 1885.

WITNESSES:

' 'ITE STATES VILLIAM H. HART, JR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,261, dated April 21, 1885.

Application tiled June 21, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. HART, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city andcounty of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Im! provement in Buckles, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a face View of a buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner of disconnecting the buckle. Fig. 3 is a section in linexx, Fig. l. Fig. et is a section in line y y, Fig. 1.

The remaining figures are views showing different forms of buckles embodying my invention. v

Similar` letters of reference indicate correspending parts in the several igures. My invention consists of a buckle formed of a frame and a tongue or tongues, and means for overturning or inverting the buckle, so as to withdraw the tongue or tongues-from the band, strap, dic., thus disconnecting the latter from the tongue or tongues and permitting its ready removal from the buckle.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame of abuckle constructed of wire; and B represents the tongue or tongues thereof, various forms of the same being shown. The tongues are not hinged to the frame, but are rigid pieces continuous ofthe frame, and made short, so as to have no bearing on the crosspiece a of the frame, it being noticed that the tongues project toward said cross-piece without coming in contact therewith, leaving a space, c', between the ends of the tongues and said cross-piece.

One end or part of a strap, band, 85o., is secured, by sewing or other means, to the crosspiece ce, and the other end or other part there` of is passed into the space a and turned back, so as to be pierced by the tongues, its bearing being against the cross-piece b, so that when it is under strain or draft it is firmly held in position and the strap securely buckled.

Connected with the cross-piece I), or with the frame A, at what may be termed the base of the tongues, is a tab, C, which may be made of wire, sheet metal, fabric, or other suitable material, connected with the frame and projecting from the crosspiece b in the direction opposite to the cross-piece c, forming a fingerpiece.

When the strap, band, &c., is to be unbuckled, the tab is grasped and drawn in the direction toward the cross-piece a, thus overturning or inverting the buckle, so that the tongues are withdrawn from the portion of the band, strap, &c., they previously pierced, and

said portion is clear of the tongues and free to be pulled through the frame A, thus quickly and easily unbuckling the strap, band, Sto., as is evident.

D represents a sleeve which is connected with the cross-piece b, and pierced or slotted for the projection of the tongues B, the same thus connecting thel two sides of the crosspiece and preventing any possible lateral motion or separation of the tongues B, and stiffening the buckle, as it braces the two parts of the cross-piece b.

It will be seen that the buckle may be easily manufactured. A piece of wire is pointed at both ends, then bent into shape of the frame A and tongues B, the latter constituting the portion of the piece of wire previously the ends thereof. The buckle and tongues may, however, be constructed of two or more pieces ot' wire hinged together, and the tongues made continuous ofthe finger-piece, forms thereof being seen in the bottom figures of the drawings.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a buckle of a single wire and to provide the same with a tab, and such I do not broadly claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved buckle, consisting of a frame and a tongue or tongues projecting into but not across the space inclosed by the said frame, said frame being provided with a tab or piece, for overturning or releasing purposes, on the same side of the frame as said tongue or tongues, substantially as described.

2. A buckle formed of a frame having a tongue or tongues projecting into butnot` across the space inclosed by the said frame, the portions of the cross-bar aside cf the tongue or tongues being connected by a sleeve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

VILLIAM H. HART, JR. Vtfitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

